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Karen Stanton
June 2005

Karen Stanton

South San Francisco

San Francisco


  • Born in Southern California and raised in the Chicago Area. Came back to California 20 years ago to go to graduate school at Cal Berkeley in Architecture, and never left.
  • Have four kids aged 17, 14, 13 and 4.
  • Worked for several years as an architect in the East Bay doing residential design. But didn't find the joy in it that I found in architecture school or in my internships where I designed a gingerbread high rise, a Barcalounger chair, and images for Swid Powell china.
  • In the mid 90s, I took my first class in children's book writing. And began making art that still sells in galleries around the country.
  • After several years of classes and lots of waffling between the then male-dominant career of architecture and the female-dominant work of writing for children, I made the commitment to books.
  • As my 40th birthday loomed, I buckled down to the serious pursuit of finding a publisher for my picture book. Three months later I sold my first book Mr. K and Yudi which I wrote and illustrated.
  • On my 40th birthday, I had lunch in Manhattan, with my publisher and the art director for my book!
  • The book came out in spring 2001 with Children's Golden Books (who soon after were bought by Random House.)
  • My second book Papi's Gift will be coming out next year with Boyds Mills Press.
  • I am currently working on two middle grade novels and a few picture books. Last year I took over teaching a class on children's writing, illustration and publishing at CCSF for my friend and fellow illustrator Mira Reisberg. And I found that I love teaching.

Karen Stanton's children's writing, illustration and publishing at CCSF

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